Sodium incorporation into inorganic CaCO3 and implications for biogenic carbonates
Devriendt, L.S.; Mezger, E.M.; Olsen, E.K.; Watkins, J.M.; Kaczmarek, K.; Nehrke, G.; de Nooijer, L.J.; Reichart, G.-J. (2021). Sodium incorporation into inorganic CaCO3 and implications for biogenic carbonates. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 314: 294-312. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.07.024 In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Elsevier: Oxford,New York etc.. ISSN 0016-7037; e-ISSN 1872-9533, more |   |
| Keyword | | | Author keywords | Na/Ca; Sodium; Calcite; CaCO3; Crystal growth rate; Salinity; Calcium concentration; Foraminifer; Marine carbonates; Mineral growth rate |
| Authors | | Top | - Devriendt, L.S.
- Mezger, E.M., more
- Olsen, E.K.
- Watkins, J.M.
| - Kaczmarek, K.
- Nehrke, G.
- de Nooijer, L.J., more
- Reichart, G.-J., more
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| Abstract | The sodium content of biogenic carbonates shows potential as a palaeoceanographic proxy for salinity and/or calcium concentration but the incorporation of Na+ into inorganic and biogenic calcite is poorly understood. Taxonomic and conspecific variations in the sensitivity of carbonate Na/Ca to seawater Na+/Ca2+ and salinity point to a biological influence on Na+ partitioning and/or covariations with other environmental parameters. One major unknown of the biological control during calcification is the rate of mineral precipitation, which has a strong control on trace-element partitioning in inorganic carbonate systems. We conducted inorganic CaCO3 precipitation experiments where the effect of solution composition and crystal growth rate on Na+ uptake by carbonate crystals are independently assessed. Calcite crystals were precipitated at rates varying from 10−6.5 to 10−4.5 mol/m2/s, while faster growth rate than 10−4.5 mol/m2/s resulted in the coprecipitation of aragonite and vaterite. For a given crystal growthrate, calcite Na/Ca increases by 0.22% per % increase in solution (Na +)2/Ca2+ activity ratio. However, calcite Na/Ca increases up to fivefold per order of magnitude increase in crystal growth rate, suggesting crystal growth rate and precursor phases are likely dominant controls on marine carbonate Na/Ca. We use these results in the framework of the DePaolo (2011) model for trace element uptake by calcite to assess the origin of variable (Na/Ca)foraminifer sensitivities to [Ca2+]seawater and salinity. Last, maximum mineral growth rates are estimated for a range of marine carbonatesbased on known carbonate Na/Ca and the (Na+)2/Ca2+ activity ratio of seawater. Estimated rates vary from 10 −5.6 (planktic foraminifers) to above 10−4 (sea urchins) mol/m2/s. Such high mineral growth rates imply high degrees of oversaturation with respect to calcite (10 to >100), supporting the idea that elemental partitioning and isotopic fractionation recorded in marine biogenic carbonates are controlled by kinetic rather than equilibrium exchanges. |
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